Activities
Month by Month Planning
100 great ideas for your activities program to implement throughout the year. Have your students review these ideas during the summer and see how many you want to incorporate during your school year. Get a master calendar from your administrator and starting planning some great activities.
A simple way to recognize the achievements of African Americans during Black History Month (February) is to include quotes during the daily announcements or on the school’s website.
This is a high school teacher’s resource guide put together by the Target Corporation to help schools focus on the accomplishments of African Americans during Black History Month. There are several activities in the packet that you can use school wide and in individual classes. For more information and different grade levels visit Target.com
This is a simple yet incredible way to structure your activities program. The calendar takes a look at 8 different elements of character education and focuses on one element each month. This can be a great way to get your student leaders excited and thinking about student activities in a new way.
Master Calendar.pdfIf you’re brand new to running an activities program one of the first things you need to do is find out who at your school is in charge of the master calendar. It is usually the office manager or principal’s secretary, but you might find out it’s you! Get a copy of the previous year’s calendar and use this handy guide to get started.
These activities can be modified from Christmas to just focus on the countdown to your winter break. Some great ideas for elementary, middle, and high schools.
Hundreds of ideas to fill up each and every month that you are in school. These pages are great to review and discuss with your leadership students when planning spirit weeks and community events.
Here is a sample activities calendar for a high school. No dates, just the activities that are generally done during the year. If you are new make sure to get a copy of everything that was done last year so you don’t forget any important traditions. Look at this as a sample and browse through the rest of the site for more ideas.
Just a few helpful hints as you plan your activities for the year. Always remember to be flexible on dates and times when setting up new events.
Planning on having your principal kiss a pig for a fundraising project? Make sure that you do it on March 1st because that is National Pig Day. For more fun days to recognize at your school look at the this list.
